Radio Aachen

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Radio Aachen was the local radio for the city of Aachen . It went on air on February 1, 1992 and received its license from the State Media Authority in North Rhine-Westphalia . Radio Aachen was from 1998 to December 31, 2006 Aachen 100, one since 1 January 2007 it had returned the original name Radio Aachen thought of the launch of 1 February 1,992th The editor-in-chief was Olaf Theissen from November 1, 2008 to February 26, 2010.

On February 26, 2010, Radio Aachen discontinued its independent program and until October 3, 2010 only took over the main program from Radio NRW under the name Radio Aachen. The last song from the Funkhaus Aachen on Bahnhofstrasse on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at around 8:50 am was Say Hello, Wave Goodbye by Soft Cell. The antenna AC program has been broadcast on the previous Radio Aachen frequency since October 4, 2010 and is now aimed at the entire Aachen city region .

The reason for the discontinuation of the station is the bankruptcy of the operating company Radio Aachen GmbH & Co. KG. Insolvency proceedings were opened against the company's assets on July 1, 2009 at the Aachen District Court due to insolvency (file number: 92 IN 73/09).

program

Radio Aachen broadcast eight hours of local programs a day until February 26, 2010. The morning program Guten Morgen Aachen ran from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on weekdays. In the afternoon, Radio Aachen Drivetime was broadcast between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., the hour from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. formed a summary of the day's topics under the title Drivetime plus - the day in Aachen . On weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. inclusive, the editorial team produced local news every hour. On Saturday the broadcast was between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. ( Weekend ) and between 1 and 6 p.m. ( The official Aachen Charts ). On Sundays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. topics "from Aachen for Aachen" were discussed ( Öcher Treff ). In a broadcast on Radio Aachen on September 25, 2006, the station dealt with the drug problem at Kaiserplatz and thus made the residents heard. The remainder of the program and the news on the hour were taken over by the broadcast program provider Radio NRW.

Media partner

Radio Aachen sponsored institutions and associations in the city of Aachen. Among other things, the broadcaster was a local radio partner of the CHIO Aachen , the Euregio-Wirtschaftsschau , Alemannia Aachen , the Roncalli circus at its guest performances in Aachen and the Aachen-Maastricht film festival Made in Europe .

Local competitors

With 107.8 antenna AC and 100'5 Das Hitradio there are two more local radios in the Aachen area. 107.8 Antenne AC was only the local radio of the former district of Aachen until October 3rd, 2010; 100'5 the Hitradio is a German-speaking broadcaster from Belgium. There is also the university radio Aachen on 99.1 MHz.

reception

Radio Aachen could be heard in Aachen on the FM frequency 100.1 MHz (with 1 kW) from Mulleklenkes . The station could also be received in the Aachen cable network from Unitymedia on 87.85 MHz. The former RDS code was "Aachen".

The successor program Antenne AC is now broadcast on the former Radio Aachen frequency UKW 100.1.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.radioszene.de/8484/die-letzt-moderation-von-radio-aachen.html
  2. ↑ https://www.insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de/cgi-bin/bl_aufruf.pl?PHPSESSID=553dd83ff59d182bfa6f48ab3f406760&atei=gerichte/nw/agaachen/09/0092_IN00073_09/2009_07_01__13_29_49_Eroeffnung_Insolvenzverfahren.html
  3. ↑ Robert Esser: Kaiserplatz: “What's going on here is a scandal!” Aachener Zeitung , August 18, 2013, accessed on December 28, 2014 .